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HIgh school scores, summaries and schedules for May 31, 2025
High schools Baseball PIAA tournament First round Monday’s schedule Class 6A Ephrata (16-8) at North Penn (19-5), 4 p.m.; Landisville Hempfield (20-1) at Hazleton (17-5), 4:30 p.m.; Neshaminy (14-7) at Parkland (21-5), 4 p.m.; Coatesville (18-6) vs. Monsignor Bonner-Archbishop Prendergast (18-6) at LaSalle College HS, 1 p.m.; Perkiomen Valley (16-8)...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school softball rankings for June 1, 2025
Some teams thrive on the pressures of a big game; those are the ones that usually are lined up on the basepath with gold hanging from their necks. Then there are those who come up short, and either settle for silver or worse and see their season end short of...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school baseball rankings for June 1, 2025
The month of May and the district baseball playoffs finished with the winds of change affecting all but one classification when it comes to the weekly Trib HSSN state rankings. Eight teams came up empty in their quest for district gold and at the same time, could not hold on...
Coach hopes history repeats itself for Penn-Trafford softball team
When the Penn-Trafford softball team won its only PIAA Class 5A title, it had not won the WPIAL title. The Warriors lost to Connellsville in the WPIAL semifinals and then had to defeat Franklin Regional in the third-place game to qualify for the 2019 state tournament, which they did, 6-2....
Westmoreland high school notebook: Belle Vernon tennis player Dusi shifts commitment to Duquesne
Junior Gabby Dusi is changing course for her college tennis career. The Belle Vernon standout, who won back-to-back WPIAL Class 2A singles championships, announced last week she committed to Duquesne. She previously made a verbal pledge to Saint Francis (Pa.), but with SFU dropping from NCAA Division I to Division...
North Allegheny grad Cole Young delivers walk-off RBI in MLB debut with Seattle
SEATTLE — Cole Young hit a fielder’s choice in the 11th inning in his major league debut for his first RBI, giving the Seattle Mariners a 5-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night. Promoted from Triple-A Tacoma prior to the game, the North Allegheny graduate hit a dribbler...
Pitching, defense help Riverview play June baseball
The Riverview baseball team’s pitching and defense surrendered just six runs over four games in the WPIAL Class 2A baseball tournament. That is a surefire recipe for postseason success. While the Raiders didn’t reach their goal of playing for a WPIAL championship, they were able to parlay three victories in...
Plum, Riverview track and field athletes cap season on PIAA medals podium
Plum junior Owen Proskin took a big-meet understanding into the PIAA Class 3A track and field championships May 23-24 at Shippensburg. Having competed at states last year as a sophomore and also at several prestigious USA Track and Field meets, Proskin was ready to go after it in the 110-...
Norwin notebook: Ryan Schiller leads Knights at PIAA track meet
Sprinter Ryan Schiller came home from Shippensburg with the best Norwin individual finish at the PIAA track championships since 2017. Schiller finished second in the 110-meter hurdles in a time of 14.36 seconds. The Knights had plenty of highlights from the state meet, which celebrated its 100th anniversary, at Seth...
North Allegheny’s Jack Bertram leaves with record-setting run
Jack Bertram will have to settle for being the fastest distance runner in North Allegheny history. The Notre Dame-bound senior ran gold medal-worthy times at the PIAA Class 3A track and field championships May 23-24 but met opponents just a little bit faster. “I’m not too disappointed with how the...
New North Allegheny girls basketball coach returns to big-school roots
Jill Capozzi was unsure if she would ever coach again after stepping away from Sewickley Academy in February. Then one phone call stopped her in her tracks. “I walked away from it without really thinking I was getting back into it at all,” she said. “But that didn’t last long.”...
Banner year for Fox Chapel sports started with WPIAL gold in the fall
Carson Kittsley’s consistency at the Penn State White Course last fall was the headliner of a busy sports year at Fox Chapel. The sophomore golfer shot an 8-under par 136 to win the PIAA Class 3A title. Kittsley, who missed the state tournament by a few strokes as a freshman,...
Fox Chapel Herald notebook: Shady Side Academy boys lacrosse just misses out on WPIAL title
Shady Side Academy fell just short of winning the WPIAL Class 3A championship in boys lacrosse. Mt. Lebanon’s Max Prezioso scored with 34 seconds remaining to lead the Blue Devils to a 12-11 win in the title game May 22. Shady Side Academy had a three-goal lead, 10-7, in the...
Fox Chapel track team takes lessons from state meet
Fox Chapel track and field coach Tom Moul said the experience gained at the PIAA Class 3A championships at Shippensburg will serve the program well in the future. The Foxes would have liked to have brought home medals but saw the benefits of having underclassmen get some time at a...
Always improving Penn-Trafford boys volleyball team earns spot in state playoffs
The mark of a good team is how much it improves during the season. Penn-Trafford boys volleyball finished third in Section 2-3A, but after an upset win against section champion Latrobe and a win against Pine-Richland in the WPIAL third-place game, the Warriors found themselves in the PIAA playoffs, scheduled...
PIAA sets pairings for opening round of lacrosse playoffs
Up until this decade, the PIAA lacrosse playoffs had been a vast wasteland for WPIAL boys and girls lacrosse teams. Now while the girls lacrosse teams from District 7 have not yet cracked the code of playing for a state championship, the Mars boys program has given hope to every...
High school sports scores, schedules for May 30, 2025
High schools Baseball PIAA tournament First round Monday’s schedule Class 6A McDowell (17-5) at Seneca Valley (17-6), 4 p.m. Pennsbury (17-6) at Cedar Cliff (17-6), 4 p.m. Bethlehem Liberty (20-6) at West Chester Henderson (17-6), 4 p.m. Perkiomen Valley (16-8) vs. Governor Mifflin (22-1) at Cumru ES, 4 p.m. Ephreta...
Trib HSSN baseball team of the week for May 30, 2025Video
Trib HSSN baseball team of the week: Freedom Bulldogs Coach: Dan O’Leary (15th season) Records: Freedom finished in third place in Section 2-2A, one game behind co-champions Neshannock and Shenango and one game ahead of New Brighton and Laurel. The Bulldogs have an overall record of 15-7 with five straight...
Times, sites revealed for PIAA softball postseason
The 2025 PIAA softball playoffs are set after the unveiling of the brackets Friday. There are 18 WPIAL teams participating in the six tournaments with as many as four district teams in the Class 2A and 5A playoffs and only one representative in Class 6A. There were two PIAA champions...
Trib HSSN softball team of the week for May 30, 2025Video
Trib HSSN softball team of the week: Mohawk Coach: Hank Pezzuolo (fifth year) Record: Mohawk captured the Section 2-3A crown with a record of 9-1, finishing two games in front of Avonworth and Ellwood City. The Warriors have an overall record of 16-5 and have won their past four games...
Trib 10: WPIAL baseball, softball champions rise up rankings
Let’s all tip our caps to the 12 teams that flexed their muscles and accomplished the golden goal of winning a WPIAL championship. It has become old hat, but kudos to the Neshannock softball team has it captured a fourth consecutive district crown. Halfway to that mark is Mohawk, which...
Seniors get final chance to don high school softball uniforms at Western PA All-Star Game
Bella Stewart and Pyper Ferres played a lot of softball together the past four springs as Burrell teammates. They shared numerous victories and took part in three playoff trips with the Bucs. The seniors will have one more opportunity to take the field together before they head off to college,...
Arnold high school, Lower Burrell Legion baseball teams won titles 60 years ago
This week, the WPIAL crowned baseball champions in six classifications. But 60 years ago, only one WPIAL titlist reigned supreme. With no classifications at the time, the team from Arnold had to go through a number of bigger schools to earn WPIAL gold. With no fear, the 1965 Lions took...
PIAA releases times, sites for boys volleyball playoffs
WPIAL champions North Allegheny in Class 3A and Shaler in 2A lead six district teams into the 2025 PIAA boys volleyball playoffs. Thanks to those two elite programs, District 7 has captured a state championship in all but one of the last six seasons. Shaler won 3A gold last season...
Opening round matchups finalized for PIAA baseball playoffs
The brackets are set for the 2025 PIAA baseball playoffs. Nineteen WPIAL teams will be participating in the six tournaments with as many as four district teams in the Class A, 3A and 5A playoffs and only one in Class 6A. There were no PIAA champions from District 7 last...
